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Dover: Main language (detailed)

Location Type: Non-metropolitan Districts, ONS Geographic Code: E07000108

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Key Facts

All Residents 116,410
Male 56,801
Female 59,609
Households 50,547
Population Density (people/km2) 369.2
Table Codets024
Issued2022-11-29
Unit of MeasurePerson
Number of Response Options95

This dataset provides Census 2021 estimates that classify usual residents in England and Wales by their main language. The estimates are as at Census Day, 21 March 2021.

Summary

A person's first or preferred language.

This shows a detailed breakdown of the responses given in the write-in option "Other, write in".

Main language (detailed): Total: All usual residents aged 3 years and over 113,122
English (English or Welsh in Wales) 109,088
Welsh or Cymraeg (in England only) 5
Other UK language 4
Other UK language: Gaelic (Irish) 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Scottish) 1
Other UK language: Manx Gaelic 0
Other UK language: Gaelic (Not otherwise specified) 0
Other UK language: Cornish 0
Other UK language: Scots 1
Other UK language: Ulster Scots 0
Other UK language: Romany English 2
Other UK language: Irish Traveller Cant 0
French 173
Portuguese 94
Spanish 105
Other European language (EU) 2,060
Other European language (EU): Italian 95
Other European language (EU): German 85
Other European language (EU): Polish 568
Other European language (EU): Slovak 459
Other European language (EU): Czech 106
Other European language (EU): Romanian 236
Other European language (EU): Lithuanian 152
Other European language (EU): Latvian 104
Other European language (EU): Hungarian 71
Other European language (EU): Bulgarian 85
Other European language (EU): Greek 17
Other European language (EU): Dutch 40
Other European language (EU): Swedish 14
Other European language (EU): Danish 3
Other European language (EU): Finnish 6
Other European language (EU): Estonian 6
Other European language (EU): Slovenian 12
Other European language (EU): Maltese 0
Other European language (EU): Any other European language (EU) 1
Other European language (non EU) 37
Other European language (non EU): Albanian 23
Other European language (non EU): Ukrainian 8
Other European language (non EU): Any other Eastern European language (non EU) 0
Other European language (non EU): Northern European language (non EU) 6
Other European language (EU and non-EU) 12
Other European language (EU and non-EU): Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian, and Montenegrin 12
Other European language (non-national) 0
Other European language (non-national): Any Romani language 0
Other European language (non-national): Yiddish 0
Russian 142
Turkish 65
Arabic 90
West or Central Asian language 116
West or Central Asian language: Hebrew 12
West or Central Asian language: Kurdish 75
West or Central Asian language: Persian or Farsi 12
West or Central Asian language: Pashto 12
West or Central Asian language: Any other West or Central Asian language 5
South Asian language 753
South Asian language: Urdu 7
South Asian language: Hindi 10
South Asian language: Panjabi 17
South Asian language: Pakistani Pahari (with Mirpuri and Potwari) 0
South Asian language: Bengali (with Sylheti and Chatgaya) 49
South Asian language: Gujarati 21
South Asian language: Marathi 0
South Asian language: Telugu 14
South Asian language: Tamil 124
South Asian language: Malayalam 69
South Asian language: Sinhala 11
South Asian language: Nepalese 420
South Asian language: Any other South Asian language 11
East Asian language 277
East Asian language: Mandarin Chinese 19
East Asian language: Cantonese Chinese 31
East Asian language: All other Chinese 72
East Asian language: Japanese 16
East Asian language: Korean 7
East Asian language: Vietnamese 31
East Asian language: Thai 29
East Asian language: Malay 18
East Asian language: Tagalog or Filipino 40
East Asian language: Any other East Asian language 14
Oceanic or Australian language 1
North or South American language 0
Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: English-based Caribbean Creole 0
Caribbean Creole: Any other Caribbean Creole 0
African language 40
African language: Amharic 1
African language: Tigrinya 4
African language: Somali 0
African language: Krio 0
African language: Akan 0
African language: Yoruba 4
African language: Igbo 5
African language: Swahili or Kiswahili 4
African language: Luganda 0
African language: Lingala 1
African language: Shona 6
African language: Afrikaans 4
African language: Any other Nigerian language 0
African language: Any other West African language 3
African language: Any other African language 8
Sign language 57
Sign language: British Sign Language 40
Sign language: Any other sign language 2
Sign language: Any sign communication system 15
Other language 3

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